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| Dale Evans mini-bio: American leading lady of musical westerns of the 1940s. Born Frances Octavia Smith in Uvalde, Texas. She was raised in Texas and Arkansas. Married at 14 and a mother at 15, she was divorced at 17 (some sources say widowed). Intent on a singing career, she moved to Memphis, Tennessee, and worked in an insurance company while taking occasional radio singing jobs. After another unhappy marriage, she went to Louisville, Kentucky, and became a popular singer on a local radio station. There she took the stage name Dale EvansShe signed with Fox Pictures and made a few small film appearances, then was cast as leading lady to rising cowboy star Roy Rogers. She and Rogers clicked and she became his steady on-screen companion. In 1946, Rogers' wife died and Evans' marriage to Butts ended about the same time. Rogers and Evans had been close onscreen in a string of successful westerns, and now became close off-screen as well. A year later she married Rogers and the two become icons of American pop culture. Their marriage was dogged by tragedy, including the loss of three children before adulthood, but Evans was able not only to find inspiration in the midst of tragedy but to provide inspiration as well, authoring several books on her life and spiritual growth through difficulty. She and Rogers starred during the 1950s on the popular TV program bearing his name.
| VITAL STATS | | Eye color: | | Height: 5'4 | | Nickname(s):Queen of the Cowgirls,Queen of the West | | Notable feature(s): | | Education: | | Family: Roy Rogers 1947-1998 untill his death | | Resides in: | | Religious affiliations: Christian | | Political affiliation: | | Personal interests/hobbies:singing,hores,dance/jazz | | Charities/Causes: Dale Rogers Training Center for Children | | Other:Her horse's name was Buttermilk. Wrote the song, "Happy Trails", which became her and Roy Rogers' theme song. | | |